Classes will be held at Old Main Village, 301 South 5th Street, Mankato, MN from 6:30-8:00 p.m. No pre-registration is necessary. These events are free and open to the public.

Legacy Planning Educational Series Beginning May 17th!

The first of a 3-Part series will start on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 12:15 p.m. Please click on this link for information or to print for your reference! Please RSVP to the church office at 387.2160 as a light lunch will be served.

This first session will be presented by local attorney Stacey Edwards Jones and will focus on the various legal documents associated with one’s estate plan. Stacey will stress the importance of a written estate plan regardless of your age. She will also explain and detail the various documents associate with an estate plan.

Our second presentation will be in early September, presented by a financial planner, will focus on your personal estate plan, and the third and final presentation in early October will introduce you to numerous ways of making tax efficient charitable gifts.

Thank you, The Endowment Committee

Bells Across The Land – Thursday, April 9th at 2:15 p.m.

This coming Thursday April 9 will mark the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. Bells will ring at 2:15 PM for four minutes. The time marks the meeting between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia, and the duration represents one minute for each year of the war.

150 years ago our historic bell at First Presbyterian Church would have been in the steeple of the newly built brick church located kitty-corner from our present location, and would likely have been rung out to celebrate the end of the Civil War.

Our bell will be rung this Thursday at 2:15. Anyone wishing to participate may come to the church at 2:00 that day and help pull the rope in the balcony.

Thank you for supporting the First Presbyterian Church of Mankato

RAFE THOMPSON FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR YOUTH IN CRISIS

As a primary contact for youth within our community, the Deacons of the First Presbyterian Church believe that you are in a position to help us reach out to youth in need.

The First Presbyterian Church of Mankato, Minnesota has available funds to provide financial assistance for teenagers/youth in crisis. Mary Thompson, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, established the fund known as the RAFE THOMPSON FUND in memory of her grandson Rafe Thompson.

The amount available is $500 per applicant. However depending on the status of the fund, additional fund requests from the same applicant may be considered.

The youth or an adult advocate (parent, guardian, counselor, outreach worker, friend) must submit a letter to the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church requesting the funds. The letter should include the amount of funding being requested, a description of how the funds will be used: the nature of the services and the provider of the services. The pastor will notify the applicant when the request has been approved. When the applicant or advocate incurs the debt for the services, the invoice or bill should be submitted to the pastor of First Presbyterian Church. Payment shall be made directly to the provider.

The Deacons of the First Presbyterian Church administer the funds. The identity of the applicant may be kept confidential from the Deacons, if the applicant so wishes. However, the pastor must know the identity of the applicant and vouch for the applicant.

Applicants need not be members of the first Presbyterian Church, however, priority will be given to First Presbyterian members and their families.

Some examples of how the funds could be used include but are not limited to: counseling, camp, treatment options, temporary housing.